Getting Schooled Podcast

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What Is Functional Music? Sep 07, 2020

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FOX Nation host Abby Hornacek takes a closer look at the topics and buzz words you find your friends and coworkers using to sound intelligent. Each week Abby and her expert guests will tackle topics we take for granted and help to explain the roots and meanings behind them. This week Daniel Clark, The CEO of BrainFM, joins Abby in the classroom to help with her lesson plan. Dan discusses the purpose of functional music, how it can enhance our ability to sleep, focus, and relax, and the science behind functional music that allows it to interact with our brains. Keep up with Abby after class on Twitter: @AbbyHornacek

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What Are UFOs? Aug 31, 2020

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FOX Nation host Abby Hornacek takes a closer look at the topics and buzz words you find your friends and coworkers using to sound intelligent. Each week Abby and her expert guests will tackle topics we take for granted and help to explain the roots and meanings behind them. This week Paul M. Sutter, a research professor in astrophysics at the Institute for Advanced Computational Science at Stony Brook University and a guest researcher at the Flatiron Institute, joins Abby in the classroom to help with her lesson plan. Paul discusses the history of UFOs, how UFOs are studied and recorded, and what we should know about popular UFO theories, and hypotheses. Keep up with Abby after class on Twitter: @AbbyHornacek

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Why Is Washington D.C. A District? Aug 24, 2020

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FOX Nation host Abby Hornacek takes a closer look at the topics and buzz words you find your friends and coworkers using to sound intelligent. Each week Abby and her expert guests will tackle topics we take for granted and help to explain the roots and meanings behind them. This week John Hudak, Deputy Director for the Center for Effective Public Management and Senior Fellow of Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution joins Abby in the classroom to help with her lesson plan. John discusses the history of how our nation's capital came to be, its place in our country's landscape, and the continued debate around Washington D.C.'s status as a non-state.

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100 Years Of Women's Suffrage Aug 17, 2020

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FOX Nation host Abby Hornacek takes a closer look at the topics and buzz words you find your friends and coworkers using to sound intelligent. Each week Abby and her expert guests will tackle topics we take for granted and help to explain the roots and meanings behind them. This week, Jane Hampton Cook, presidential historian and the author of Resilience on Parade: Short Stories from Suffragists and Women’s Battle for the Vote, joins Abby in the classroom to help with her lesson plan. Jane discusses the United States' long journey towards women's suffrage, and what this one-hundred-year milestone can teach us about freedom, liberty, and activism today. Keep up with Abby after class on Twitter: @AbbyHornacek

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What Is A Credit Score? Aug 10, 2020

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FOX Nation host Abby Hornacek takes a closer look at the topics and buzz words you find your friends and coworkers using to sound intelligent. Each week Abby and her expert guests will tackle topics we take for granted and help to explain the roots and meanings behind them. This week, Michelle Lambright Black, Credit Expert for Slickdeals and professional credit writer, joins Abby in the classroom to help with her lesson plan. Michelle explains the importance of building good credit, how credit scores are determined in the United States, and how listeners can get closer to that coveted 850 credit score. Keep up with Abby after class on Twitter: @AbbyHornacek

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How Does Polling Work? Aug 03, 2020

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FOX Nation host Abby Hornacek takes a closer look at the topics and buzz words you find your friends and coworkers using to sound intelligent. Each week Abby and her expert guests will tackle topics we take for granted and help to explain the roots and meanings behind them. This week, Daron Shaw, Jr. Chair of State Politics at the University of Texas at Austin and member of the FOX News Decision Desk team joins Abby in the classroom to help with her lesson plan. Daron explains how polling works, what he is most focused on as his team produces polls on the 2020 election season and what listeners need to know about political opinion polls as voters. Keep up with Abby after class on Twitter: @AbbyHornacek

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Charles Barkley On The 1992 Dream Team Jul 27, 2020

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FOX Nation host Abby Hornacek takes a closer look at the topics and buzz words you find your friends and coworkers using to sound intelligent. Each week Abby and her expert guests will tackle topics we take for granted and help to explain the roots and meanings behind them. What was The Dream Team? This week, 11-Time NBA All-Star and NBA Hall-of-Famer, Charles Barkley, joins Abby in the classroom to help with her lesson plan. Barkley discusses his experience playing power forward on the 1992 United States Men's Olympic Basketball team, how the "Dream Team" came to be called "the greatest collection of basketball talent on the planet" by the basketball hall of fame, and the legacy that the Dream Team has in the United States today. Keep up with Abby after class on Twitter: @AbbyHornacek

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How Does The US Postal System Work? Jul 20, 2020

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FOX Nation host Abby Hornacek takes a closer look at the topics and buzz words you find your friends and coworkers using to sound intelligent. Each week Abby and her expert guests will tackle topics we take for granted and help to explain the roots and meanings behind them. This week, Daniel A. Piazza, Chief Curator at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum, joins Abby in the classroom to help with her lesson plan. Daniel discusses the history of the United States Postal System, the role the system has had in the larger development of the United States, how the system operates today, and how USPS differentiates itself from other mail delivery services. Keep up with Abby after class on Twitter: @AbbyHornacek

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What Are National Parks? Jul 13, 2020

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FOX Nation host Abby Hornacek takes a closer look at the topics and buzz words you find your friends and coworkers using to sound intelligent. Each week Abby and her expert guests will tackle topics we take for granted and help to explain the roots and meanings behind them. This week, Secretary David Bernhardt, The 53rd Secretary of The U.S. Department of the Interior, joins Abby in the classroom to help with her lesson plan. Secretary Bernhardt discusses his agency's role in the management of the nation's public lands, our country's history of conservation of our federal lands, and the legislation passed in the Senate in June that Secretary Bernhardt calls "the greatest conservation initiative in nearly 50 years." Keep up with Abby after class on Twitter: @AbbyHornacek

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What is the Declaration of Independence? Part 2 Jul 06, 2020

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FOX Nation host Abby Hornacek takes a closer look at the topics and buzz words you find your friends and coworkers using to sound intelligent. Each week Abby and her expert guests will tackle topics we take for granted and help to explain the roots and meanings behind them. This week, Professor Peter S. Onuf, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor of History, Emeritus, at the University of Virginia joins Abby for part two of their conversation on the Declaration of Independence. Professor Onuf discusses some of the elements that impacted the Founding Fathers' modeling of the declaration, the men responsible for the document, and the legacy that the declaration has in the United States today. Keep up with Abby after class on Twitter: @AbbyHornacek

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